Once hailed as a technology of the future, the video calling and messaging service Skype officially shut down on Monday, May 5, after 22 years in operation. Microsoft, which has owned Skype for 14 years, announced in February that it planned to end the service. “In order to streamline our free consumer communications offerings so […]
New Hampshire was rated the best state in the United States in the category of public safety, according to a new study released Tuesday. Findings from the U.S. News and World Report revealed that the New England state outranked all 49 other states in the metric of public safety, which takes into account violent and property […]
Public safety levels in states just outside Washington, D.C., are comparable to much of the country, according to a new study released Tuesday. Maryland and Virginia were ranked far from the bottom of U.S. News and World Report’s 2025 “Best States” list released Tuesday, but there was a clear winner out of the two. The […]
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to be fired over additional accusations of communications on a nongovernmental messaging service. A Monday report from the Wall Street Journal alleged that Hegseth used Signal as part of his job much more extensively than previously known, engaging in at least 12 different chats on […]
C-SPAN is continuing its push to be included on major streaming platforms — including YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and Fubo — as more consumers move away from traditional cable television. The Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, which launched in 1979 to provide unfiltered coverage of Congress and public affairs, operates as a nonprofit group, […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence was harsh in his evaluation of the current Trump administration, arguing it was a far cry from when he was second in command. In an interview with CNN, Pence hit nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s second term, criticizing his approaches to tariffs, the Russia-Ukraine war, economics, health, and […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is not running for the top Democratic spot on the powerful House Oversight Committee, ending speculation she would seek the ranking membership after losing in December. Ocasio-Cortez told reporters she wouldn’t try to seek the ranking member position, which is set to be vacant after Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced his […]
President Donald Trump signaled that he plans to announce new tariffs on pharmaceutical products imported to the United States “over the next two weeks.” Trump’s overriding tariff agenda has thrown a wrench into the global economy. In addition to steep sectoral tariffs targeting goods deemed “critical” to U.S. national security, the president has also placed […]
The Department of Justice argued to an appellate court on Monday that the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to data stored within a trio of federal agencies should not be scrutinized by the courts. DOJ attorney Jack Starcher told a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it should toss out […]
Top Republican senators on Monday asked the National Archives to turn over all records tied to the Biden administration‘s criminal investigations into President Donald Trump, arguing the investigations were politically motivated efforts to derail the president’s 2024 campaign. In a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) […]
